Back to 26th June 1988 and my first Belgian airshow at Chievres. This was an RAF Phantom FGR.2 XV489 marked as 43 Sqn 'AU' based at RAF Leuchars, sadly she has since been scrapped. Her underwing fuel tank is interesting.
Back to the 17th July 2004 and the 2004 RIAT at RAF Fairford, this was Phantom FGR.2 XV408 on display in the static area. She is recorded as now preserved at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum.
Just about managed to crop this slide to include most of the aircraft, this was Phantom FGR.2 XV393 'A' operated by RAF 228 OCU out of Leuchars. Taken at the 1986 Mildenhall Air Fete.